# US 10,368,530 B2 · Method, system, and apparatus for determining location of animals in competitive environments

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- Number: US 10,368,530 B2
- Document ID: US10368530B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/827,487
- Filed: 2017-11-30
- Published: 2019-05-30
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-11-30
- Assignees: Lip Chip, LLC
- Applicants: Lip Chip LLC
- Inventors: Bradley Bolen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10368530B2

## CPC

- A01K 11/008: {incorporating global positioning system [GPS]}
- A01K 29/005: {Monitoring or measuring activity}
- G01S 1/00: Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable of being detected by non-directional receivers and defining directions, positions, or position lines fixed relatively to the beacon transmitters; Receivers co-operating therewith (position fixing by co-ordinating a plurality of determinations of direction or position lines G01S5/00)
- G01S 5/0027: {of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile}
- G01S 19/14: specially adapted for specific applications
- G01S 19/19: Sporting applications
- A61B 2503/40: Animals
- A63B 2220/80: Special sensors, transducers or devices therefor
- G01K 1/024: for remote indication
- G07C 1/24: Race time-recorders
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)
- G01K: MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (radiation pyrometry G01J5/00)
- G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE

## Abstract

A tag is implanted in the forwardmost part of an animal to determine the location of the animal for competitive and security purposes. The tag is implanted such that it is inserted in the first part of an animal to cross a finish line. By using the tag to determine the when an animal has reached a predetermined location, the method and system can evaluate the results of the race, negating the need for human judgment. Further, the invention allows for tracking of the animal in transit and when at a race grounds.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for collecting and transmitting information from an animal, comprising:
a. Implanting a tag in a lip of said animal; and
b. Receiving a signal to determine location of said animal.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
a. Comparing said location of said animal to a known position; and
b. Determining when said animal has reached said known position.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein determining said location is based on a comparing said signal to a known reference.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein said signal contains location information for said tag.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein said tag contains memory.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein said memory contains information that may be accessed from an external device.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein said memory contains a hyperlink to a remote memory location that contains information that may be accessed from an external device.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
a. Receiving a second signal from a second tag from a second animal; and
b. Determining which of said animal or said second animal reached a location first.

### Claim 9

A system for collecting and transmitting information on an animal, comprising:
a. At least one tag implanted in a lip of at least one animal; and
b. A reader capable of receiving information from said at least one tag.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein said at least one tag transmits information to said reader.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein said at least one tag comprises memory.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The system of claim 11, wherein said reader is capable of recording information in said memory.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein said at least one tag communicates with a reader with a known location to determine the location of said at least one animal.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein said at least one tag contains a geolocation system capable of transmitting a location to said reader.

### Claim 15 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, further comprising:
a. A second at least one tag implanted in the lip of a second at least one animal;
b. Wherein said reader can determine when said at least one tag and said second at least one tag reach a predetermined location; and
c. Wherein said reader can determine which of said at least one tag and said second at least one tag arrived at said predetermined location first.